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On the Red Carpet: Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry at the VMAs

August 28, 2017 14:54 IST

The 34th MTV Video Music Awards may have been boring but it saw a lot of interesting fashion on the red carpet.

Held in Inglewood, California, the awards night saw its share of surprises and big wins.

Taylor Swift made news at the awards show by premiering her video Look What You Made Me Do, even though she did not even attend.

A look at the stylish red carpet pictures.

Photograph: Alberto E Rodriguez/Getty Images

Nicki Minaj wears a bold pink latex suit.

Photograph: Rich Fury/Getty Images.

Katy Perry was the host of the evening, and she arrived on stage in a spacesuit.

Her song Chained To The Rhythm, featuring Skip Marley, was nominated in the Best Pop Video category but didn't win.

Photograph: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images.

High School Musical actress Vanessa Hudgens wears a sheer gown.

IMAGE: Photograph: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images.

Ed Sheeran arrives with Jennie Pegouskie, who featured in his Shape of You album.

He won the Artist of the Year award.

Photograph: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images.

Demi Lovato, nominated for her song Sorry Not Sorry, wears a sheer and sparkly Zuhair Murad couture outfit.

Photograph: Alberto E Rodriguez/Getty Images.

American actress-model Yara Shahidi gestures at the cameras.

Photograph: Frederick M Brown/Getty Images.

Miley Cyrus performs on Younger Now.

She was nominated in the Best Pop Video category for her song Malibu.

Photograph: Phillip Faraone/Getty Images

Julia Michaels was nominated in the Best New Artist category, but she lost. Julia performed on the single Issues.

Photograph: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images.

Lorde performs on stage but she did not sing, as she had the flu.

Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images.

Kendrick Lamar kicks off the show with a medley of his songs.

He bagged six awards, including Video Of The Year, Best Hip Hop Video, Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction, Best Direction and Best Cinematography for Humble.

Photograph: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images.

Pink arrives with her daughter Willow Sage Hart.

She won the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award.

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